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Pacifist ideal good
In response to John Vargas Jr. (Nov. 19
letter to the editor) regarding David
Wayte's refusal to register for the draft:
1) This is not an act of "vital treason."
If Wayte is guilty of anything, it is civil
disobedience.
2. Wayte was not acquitted because of
any leniency on the part of the court. He
was acquitted because the law was found
invalid.
3. Wayte only would have been a "gut
less hypocrite" if he had registered for a
draft that he did not believe in. Instead, he
had the courage to risk a fine of up to
$10,000 and a five-year prison term by
exercising his right to express his beliefs.
Freedom of expression is one of the funda
mental rights guaranteed by the First
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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free exchange of ideas, including those that
may be contrary to me conventional
wisdom. Wayte and others like him may
prefer to see conflicts resolved by non
violent means rather than by armed aggres
sion. This pacifist ideal is based on the
belief that all human life has intrinsic
value. This belief in the value of human life
goes beyond national boundaries and
should be encouraged, not oppressed.
To those who see violence as the only
means to resolve world conflict we say, this
is our world - love it or please leave it!
Liz Barker
graduate, anthropology
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graduate, anthropology
Work to prevent war
In regard to Mat Tinley's letter to the
editor (Daily Nebraskan, Nov. 23), most
resistors to draft registration do not "forget
how loyally so many Americans have per
formed to protect the freedoms which our
forefathers fought so courageously to
gain." In fact, they do remember the wars
so many loyal American "performed" in.
But - wars are not something you "per
form" in. Wars are something where you
kill and die.
Also, if Tinley hasn't noticed, there cur
rently isn't any war going on to "perform"
in to "protect our freedoms." What is
going on is an unnecessary buildup to war
(the draft, MX missiles in Wyoming, etc.),
not the prevention of one as President
Reagan would have us believe.
Yes, we do have a small responsibility to
our nation, but we have an even greater re
sponsibility to our conscience and life on
this planet. The contributions of the
people of the United States could be much
more constructive than learning how to kill
our fellow men. We could be working
harder on better ways to prevent war and
more peaceful ways of helping other
countries besides giving them arms.
if Tinley is so gung-ho about "protect
ing our freedom," why doesn't he enlist?
Dave Hughes
graduate
Few die in the ring
Jeff Goodwin and Janet Chu must be
from a planet outside the Milky Way. What
else could explain the erroneous state
ments and irrelevance of their writing.
Goodwin (in a Nov. 18 column) called
Duk Koo Kim's death tragic and Chu (in a
Nov. 22 letter to the editor) called it
senseless. Tragic - not likely. Senseless -hardly.
What it was, for their information
(because neither apparently watched the
fight), was unfortunate.
Kim was the top contender in his
weight-class and was in top condition for
his fight with Ray Mancini, the champion.
His death, following a brilliantly contested
bout, overshadowed the greatness of the
fight. It was unfortunate because Kim died
participating in a sport he evidently (he
was paid only $20,000 for the fight) loved.
Thousands upon thousands of fights are
staged and contested annually, but only a
handful of fighters have their careers or
lives ended in the ring. In football, the
major crippling injuries are more frequent,
but nothing is done because it would en
danger the integrity of the sport.
Chu asked, "How many times must this
sort of thing happen before we do some
thing about it?" Adding head protection,
as football players and high-speed motor
racing enthusiasts will tell you, will not
prevent injuries, or deaths and rarely lessen
their severity.
Winning may be everything, according
to Vince Lombardi but not to Mancini. My
prayers are with Mancini as they were with
Kim. I hope that this fight will not psych
ologically scar him as Johnny Owen's death
did Lupe Pintor in 1981 (Pintor was
another fighter, who after causing a fatal
ring injury, never regained his champion
ship form.)
If Chu and Goodwin know of a way to
curtail deaths in all sports, I would like to
know about it. We as students have little
recourse on this subject; we are not
apathetic.
Karl Vogel
freshman, journalism
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